Today we will build our collective background knowledge by reading together and discussing and article in the "Carolina County" electronic magazine.

It's published on the internet from the state of North Carolina. North Carolina is the state where Ms. Anna, your student teacher, was raised. It is a state that is in the south and it had slavery during the 1700-1850s.

First, I want to show you some maps and pictures to build your background knowledge.I want you to be able to visualize where North Carolina is in relationship to where we live here in the Pacific North West- In Washington state, in the city of Seattle. Then we will look at some quilt patterns and you will learn more about them.

I will bring up the website and we learn by reading together. You will be taking notes about what we learn.

Resources

While the class in engaged with answer questions about the article we read, I will pull a small group of ELL students and students with learning disabilities. The first materials I will use with them is the Quilt Code Document as an informal reading assessment. Next I will check their RRN and listen to them read individually in their books. Students will read to me from Follow the Drinking Gourdas a guided reading text. I will also coach them on determining main events by making a picture in their minds and retelling across their fingers to each other to build their language skills.

If time allows, I will pull a group of struggling readers, but are not ELL or SPED and have them read with me an excerpt on the Symbolism of the Quilts.

Big Idea:
Students explore and investigate naturally - as people. This literacy/science lesson is designed to help them notice the personality traits that they possess, and will need to continue to strengthen, as they become successful scientists.